I work at the intersection of people, systems, and responsibility. I care about how communities are formed, how organizations function, and whether the structures we rely on serve the people within them well.

Life

I live in Raleigh, North Carolina with my wife, Becca. We’ve been here since 2017, and it’s become home in the truest sense. Before that, I lived in India and Saudi Arabia, and later in Louisville, Kentucky, where Becca and I met, married, and started building our life together.

Living across cultures shaped how I navigate difference and how I pay attention to people. It also taught me that belonging is rarely automatic. It’s built. It’s practiced. It’s sustained over time, usually through small choices that don’t look dramatic from the outside.

One of the ways Becca and I practice that here is through the local board-gaming community, including Quest Game Night. I love teaching games and helping people feel comfortable at the table, especially when something is new or unfamiliar. There’s something meaningful about creating a space where people can relax, laugh, try, fail, and try again. I’m especially drawn to cooperative games. Pandemic is an all-time favorite. But what matters most to me isn’t the game itself. It’s the people around the table, and the way shared play can turn strangers into something like friends.

Faith is also a formative part of my life. It shapes how I understand dignity, responsibility, and love of neighbor. It anchors the way I try to move through the world, and the kind of person I want to be in the spaces I’m part of.

Outside of work, you’ll usually find me reading nonfiction, enjoying Superman and DC comics, or spending time with Becca and friends.

Work

At the center of my work is a simple conviction: people are not tools. They are not interchangeable parts in a system. They are worth listening to carefully, investing in patiently, and treating as ends in themselves.

I’m motivated by helping people grow into their full potential and by building systems that support that growth rather than getting in the way of it. I’m particularly interested in the space where people and structure meet. When systems are poorly designed, they exhaust people. When systems are designed well, they create clarity, trust, and room for meaningful work.

My approach is grounded in active listening, systems thinking, and collaborative problem-solving. I value clarity over cleverness, responsibility over performance, and steady improvement over quick wins. I’ve developed these instincts across higher education, business administration, and information technology, with a consistent aim: to steward responsibility carefully and ensure that the systems we depend on actually serve the people who rely on them.

If you want to connect

If you’re interested in collaborating, building something together, or simply having a thoughtful conversation, I’m always glad to connect.